1967 saw the Beatles release the double A-side " Strawberry Fields Forever " and " Penny Lane ", opening a strain of British " pastoral " or " nostalgic " psychedelia, followed by the release of what is often seen as their definitive psychedelic statement in Sgt.

Groups that followed The Beatles included the beat-influenced Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits and the Dave Clark Five, and the more blues-influenced The Animals, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Yardbirds.

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d ( 1956 ) starring Peter Sellers was the first attempt to translate Goons humour to TV ; it was followed by A Show Called Fred and Son of Fred, both made during 1956 and directed by Richard Lester, who went on to work with The Beatles.

The Beatles followed with their album Sgt.

By the 2000s, Rap and Hip Hop had reached their commercial peaks, and the genre continued to dominate the music scene of the decade The best-selling artist of the decade was the American rapper Eminem, who sold 32 million albums, followed by The Beatles ( who split in 1970 but have stayed extremely popular since ).

The " second wave " of Australian rock is said to have begun in about 1964, and followed directly on the impact of The Beatles.

A soundtrack album in 1978 was followed in 1996 by Archaeology, which spoofed the Beatles ' Anthology series which had recently been released.

The act that followed Beatles in the broadcast was pre-recorded, rather than having someone perform live on stage amidst the pandemonium that occurred in the studio after the Beatles performed their first songs.

The singles, " Could've Been " and " I Saw Him Standing There ", a feminine cover version of The Beatles ' " I Saw Her Standing There ", followed soon after, with the former also claiming the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1967, they appeared in The Beatles ' Magical Mystery Tour television special playing Vivian's " Death Cab for Cutie " during the strip club scene, and this was followed by a slot as the house band on Do Not Adjust Your Set, a weekly TV revue show also notable for early appearances by most of the Monty Python troupe.

She was to be followed by other major British and American recording stars including Wanda Jackson, Cliff Richard, Petula Clark, Brenda Lee, The Supremes, Peggy March, Pat Boone, Lesley Gore, The Beatles and even Johnny Cash, among many others.

This was followed by more complete concerts at The Festival for Beatles Fans ( formerly Beatlefest ) conventions that began the following year.

This was followed by the American release of Meet The Beatles !, an LP that topped the Billboard album charts in February 1964 and went on to influence many forms of American popular music during the 1960s.

In the wake of The Beatles ' first visit to America, a whole slew of other British beat groups followed, capitalizing on the prevailing American fascination for all things British and monopolizing the U. S. charts for the next two years.

Gore's first hit was followed by many others, including: " Judy's Turn to Cry " ( US # 5 ), the sequel to " It's My Party "; " She's a Fool " ( US # 5 ); the protofeminist million-selling " You Don't Own Me ", which held at # 2 for three weeks behind The Beatles ' " I Want To Hold Your Hand "; " That's the Way Boys Are " ( US # 12 ); " Maybe I Know " ( US # 14 / UK # 20 ); " Look of Love " ( US # 27 ); and Grammy-nominated " Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows " ( US # 13 ), from the 1965 movie " Ski Party ".

The Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and many who followed in their wake cast off the traditional role of the recording artist.

The group liked having a British-sounding name, and the legend has been, since it so closely followed The Beatles in the alphabet, the group also knew their records would likely be placed immediately behind those of The Beatles in record-store bins.

He also released two 45-rpm singles, " Second Hand "/" Rag Time Ragabone Man ", which played on his Steptoe and Son character, followed in 1971 by " Time Marches On ", his tribute to The Beatles, with whom he had worked in 1964 ( and met many times ).

The Beatles went on to become the biggest selling rock band of all time and they were followed by numerous British bands, particularly those influenced by blues music including The Rolling Stones, The Animals and The Yardbirds.

In 1963 they followed in the footsteps of The Beatles and other Liverpool bands, by performing in the clubs of Hamburg's Reeperbahn red light district.

For example, when in the late 1960s the Beatles, who had previously been marketed as clean-cut youths, started publicly acknowledging using LSD, many fans followed.

This was followed by the last record A Day in the Life by The Beatles.

This was the same episode of the show in which The Beatles made their first appearance.

The Beatles appeared three more times on the Sullivan show in person, and submitted filmed performances later.

The Dave Clark Five, heavily promoted as having a " cleaner " image than the Beatles, made 13 appearances on the Sullivan show, more than any other UK group.

Some of British punk rock's leading figures made a show of rejecting not only contemporary mainstream rock and the broader culture it was associated with, but their own most celebrated predecessors: " No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones in 1977 ," declared The Clash song " 1977 ".

The band became a popular phenomenon, especially in the U. S. where Idle was appearing on Saturday Night Live – fans would send in Beatles LPs with their sleeves altered to show the Rutles.

One memorable aspect of the show was the regular closing number, where Johnny Young would croon a ballad version of The Beatles ' song " All My Loving " ( with which Young had had an Australian hit in 1966 ), accompanied by the entire cast, in an almost lullaby style, individually wishing all of the cast good night.

During the 1960s and 1970s, for instance, the show incorporated material by the contemporary sources The Beatles, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, The Everly Brothers and Paul Williams and so on, all redone in a format that was digestible to older viewers.

Though mainstream audiences in the early sixties preferred a clean-cut style – epitomised by the acts that appeared on the Nine Network pop show Bandstand – there were a number of ' grungier ' guitar-oriented bands in major cities like Sydney and Melbourne, who were inspired by American and British instrumental and surf acts like Britain's The Shadows – who exerted an enormous influence on Australian and New Zealand music prior to the emergence of The Beatles – and American acts like guitar legend Dick Dale and The Surfaris.

This is the only sleeve of a Beatles studio album not to show the members of the band on the front.

The theme of the show was The Beatles ’ You say goodbye and we say hello announcing the new programming that would begin the following night on August 15, 1984.

The " Rutlemania " live show was conceived and written by Eric Idle which starred The Beatles tribute group " The Fab Four " as " The Pre-fab Four " Rutles.

The duo's reputation enabled them to have a number of prestigious guests on the show, including Angela Rippon, Cliff Richard, Laurence Olivier, John Mills, the Dad's Army cast, Glenda Jackson, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Elton John, The Beatles and even former Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

The show also attracted special guests, such as Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson and The Beatles.

Stonehill closed the show by joining The Swirling Eddies onstage for some covers of The Beatles ' I Want to Hold Your Hand, The Animals We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, and Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World.

on The Ed Sullivan Show on the evening of February 9, 1964, the same evening that the Beatles made their first U. S. television appearance on that show.

The photos, taken between 1956 and 1965 show early moments from Elvis, Bob Dylan, and The Beatles.

In 1968, the show broadcast in successive weeks " music videos " ( not called that at the time ) for The Beatles ' popular songs Hey Jude and Revolution.

" The singer never again appeared in Sullivan's show, although in February 1964 at the start of the first of three broadcasts featuring the Beatles ( see below ), Sullivan announced that a telegram had been received from Presley and Parker wishing the British group luck.

In late 1963, Sullivan and his entourage happened also to be passing through Heathrow and witnessed how The Beatles ' fans greeted the group on their return from Stockholm, where they had performed a television show as warmup band to local star Lill Babs.

He initially offered Beatles manager Brian Epstein top dollar for a single show but the Beatles manager had a better idea — he wanted exposure for his clients: the Beatles would instead appear three times on the show, at bottom dollar, but receive top billing and two spots ( opening and closing ) on each show.